Grass Cutting Assessments
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MEMORANDUM
November 28, 2006
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Grass and Weed Cutting Charges for Assessments
Housing and Community Development Department Director David Harris recommends
that total assessments of $4,249.46 be levied against twenty-five separate parcels of
property, and that the City Clerk certify the grass and weed cutting charges to the
Dubuque County Treasurer to establish real property liens for collection of such
charges.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
David Harris, Housing and Community Development Department Director
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MEMORANDUM
Date:
November 28, 2006
From:
Mi~~ C. Van Milligen, City Manager
DaVidWarris, Housing and Community Development Director
To:
Subject:
Grass and weed cutting charges for Assessments
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to request City Council to adopt the attached
resolution authorizing the City to certify grass and weed cutting charges to the Dubuque
County Treasurer in order to establish real property liens for collection of such charges.
DISCUSSION
Section 26 - 3.(c)(2) o. of the Code of Ordinances provides that overgrown weeds and
grass are considered a substandard condition requiring abatement. Section 26 -
4.(b)(3) provides that the City may have the conditions abated and Section 26 -6.(b)
provides that the City Clerk shall certify such cost for abatement to the County
Treasurer and it shall then constitute a lien against said property and be collected with
and in the same manner as general taxes on said properties.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the grass and weed cutting charges identified in the attached
resolution be certified to the Dubuque County Treasurer for collection with, and in the
same manner as general property taxes.
ACTION STEP
The Action Step is for the City Council to adopt the attached resolution authorizing the
City Clerk to certify the grass and weed cutting charges to the Dubuque County
Treasurer.
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SCHEDULE OF
ASSESSMENTS
FOR
GRASS CUTTING CHARGES
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE
OF ASSESSMENTS:
You are hereby notified that the attached Schedule of Assessments has been adopted by the City
Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Schedule of Assessments has been filed with the
County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID IN FULL OR IN PART
WITHOUT INTEREST AT THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER, 50 W. 13TH STREET, DUBUQUE,
IOWA, 52001, AT ANY TIME WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments of $100.00 or more are payable in 10 annual installments
and will draw annual interest at nine (9) percent computed to December 1st following the due dates of
the respective installments as provided in Section 384.65 of the Code of Iowa. Each installment will
be delinquent from October 1 st following its due date on July 1 st of each year. Property owners may
elect to pay any annual installment semiannually in advance.
This Notice given by direction of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as provided in the
Code of Iowa.
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
City of Dubuque
GRASS CUTTING CHARGES
Schedule of Final Assessments
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The following schedule is hereby determined to show each lot proposed to be assessed for grass cutting charges
with the amount proposed to be assessed against each lot.
IQIAI.
ASSESSMENT
$75.17
$55.95
$55.95
$44.22
$94.84
$288.98
$106.12
$380.10
$99.28
$152.49
$63.43
$93.74
$56.17
$788.44
$130.47
$100.14
$131.76
$76.24
$120.46
$74.52
$209.51
$31.41
$57.03
$407.44
$555.60
Lot 1 Proctors sub
Lot 1 S1I5Citylot495
Sub 2-1-47 E Dub Add,1 & 2 sub 1-2 ofN 112 of 48 E Dub
add,1 Sub 2 ofN 112 of 48 E Dub Add 2
E ~S 88' E ~ S 215 of City lot 454 35-37W 15' St
N 52' 011012 Quigley's sub of 712
THE EAST 35' OF LOT 84 L.H. Langworth1hy's Add
Lot 37 Belmont Add
LOT 16 T S Naims Dubuque
LOT 1~10Wullwebersub
Lot 77 E Langworthy's Add
Lot 487 & S % of lot 488 Lenox AcId
LOT 5 Block 2 RolHng Ridge sub #2
Lot 49 L H Langworthy's Add 2108- 2110 Jackson 5t
N 27.4' E % Lot 37 lH Langworthy's Add
N 24' of lot 52 & S ~ 0I1ol53 In L H Langworthy's Add
Lot 1 of2of2of1 of1 of1 ofMlneral1ol210
Lot 9, McGrath's SubdMsion
Lot 33 C A VoeIkers Addition
S 36 112 ' Lot 16 Cummins Sub
Lot 2-16 & Lot 1-1-1-17, Block 1 Scott's 1ST Add
Lot 1 0I1ol13O L H Langs Addition
S 25' of lot 7 of Mlneral1ol100
N ~ lot 1 of 3 of 102 L H Langworthy's Add 2234-2236
Washington
Lot 1 of 1 S % of lot 1 of Jot 2 of Lot 102 LH Langworthy's
Add
Lot 35 E langworthy's Add
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOCATION
PARCEL #
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PROPERTY
909 W 5th St
131 E 13TH ST
230 E 15TH ST
35 W 1s"St
613W17"'St
215-217E22ndSt
2943 Balke St
328 N Booth SI
2411 Central Ave
2540 Elm St
1553 Fairfax Ave
2B44 mlnols SI
2106 Jackson St
2139 Jackson St
2150 Jackson St
1390 Kaufmann
735 Kirkwood
3B8 Lowell St
1170 Race 51
1295 Thomas PI
321 Valeria 51
1937 Washington St
2234-36 Washington
0-25-109-070
Q..24-429-013
1 Q..24-426-004
1Q..24-403-009
10-24-306-009
1Q..24-203-023
1Q..13-133-016
1 Q..26-279-013
1Q..13-377-050
1 Q..13-413-004
1Q..27-~
1 Q..27 -129-008
1Q..24-209-009
1 Q..24-206-015
1Q..24-209-004
1 Q..23-1 02-006
1Q..24-157-OO7
1 Q..24-176-002
IQ..24-379-003
1 1-18-301-003
1 Q..24-128-001
IQ..24-255-009
IQ..24-204-002
IQ..24-204-001 2238-40 Washington
IQ..13-336-024 2500 Washington
Watters, Melinda (contract holder)
Clark, Brian
David Kane
Wells Fargo Bank MA NA Trust
Wells Fargo Bank
Asbell Estate, Mary
Runde, Scott
Christina & Lucille Atchison
John Nomellini
Kenneth & Joyce Simon
Citifinanciallnc
Steven Nadennan
Ronald & Wanda Koenig
Sandra Kasebauer
Susan Schnee
Brian & Tracy Gailagher
Ck!tU8 Raymond Zimmerman
Deutsche Bank National Trust
Thomas P Swift
Susan Jentz - contract holder
Theodore Stapleton III
Secretary of Housing & Urban
M. Elizabelh L. Suliivan
Jerry! Lee Geise
Jolene Hayes - Contract holder
$4,249.46
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RESOLUTION NO. 576 -06
ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR GRASS CUTTING
CHARGES SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS INTO WHICH
ASSESSMENTS ARE DIVIDED, THE INTEREST ON ALL UNPAID INSTALLMENTS, THE
TIME WHEN THE ASSESSMENTS ARE PAYABLE AND DIRECTING THE CLER.K TO
CERTIFY THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS TO THE COUNTY TREASURER AND TO
PUBLISH NOTICE THEREOF
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
That after full consideration of the Schedule of Assessments attached hereto for grass
cutting charges was filed in the office of the City Clerk on the 30th day of November, 2006, the
said Schedule of Assessments be and the same is hereby approved and adopted.
That there be, and is hereby assessed and levied as a special tax against and upon
each of the lots, the respective sums indicated.
That the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to certify said schedule to the County
Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa, and to publish notice of said certification once each week
for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided in Iowa Code ~ 362.3, the first publication of
which shall be not more than fifteen days from the date of filing of the final schedule. On or
before the date of the second publication of the notice, the City Clerk shall also mail a copy of
said notice to property owners whose property is subject to assessment, as provided and
directed in Iowa Code ~ 384.60.
The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest at the office of the City
Treasurer, City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa, at any time within 30 days after the
date of the first publication of the notice of the filing of the Schedule of Assessments with the
County Treasurer. After 30 days, unpaid assessments of $100.00 or more are payable in 10
annual installments at the County Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720
Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, and will draw annual interest at nine (9) percent
(commencing on the date of acceptance of the work) computed to December 1 next following
the due dates of the respective installments as provided in Section 384.65 of the Code of Iowa.
Each installment will be delinquent from October 1 following its due date on July 1 of each
year. Property owners may elect to pay any annual installments semiannually in advance.
Passed, approved and adopted this 4'h day of December, 2006
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk